The Federal Highway Administration quietly stripped bike lanes and other safety recommendations from a key list of best practices. Critics say those measures are proven to cut crashes and save lives.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is going all-out to get his 26-year-old son-in-law elected to a Wisconsin House seat, infuriating Republicans in the district who say he's abusing his office and access to President Trump . Driving the news: The campaign of first-time candidate Michael Alfonso has Duffy's fingerprints all over it — from Trump's endorsement of him at Duffy's urging, to tens of thousands of dollars in campaign money from transportation interests that the secretary holds sway over. What they're saying: Duffy "is exploiting his Cabinet position and fame to influence an election and hand one of the nation's highest offices to his unqualified, 26-year-old son-in-law," Meg Ellefson, a Wisconsin-based podcaster and former…
It is horrifying that Americans have to worry about whether their families may be killed on the interstate by a foreign trucker who was issued a CDL with insufficient scrutiny by a corrupt or incompetent state government.
Thirty people died in 17 semi-truck crashes caused by noncitizen commercial truck drivers in 2025, according to the Department of Transportation. That number is almost certainly an undercount. Prior to 2025, the immigration status of a commercial truck driver was mostly not recorded in crash reports, court filings, or news coverage. The national conversation focuses […]
Just a week ago, a Frontier Airlines flight struck a person on a runway.
The Department of Transportation said Saturday the majority of airlines will be capping tickets prices for Spirit travelers who need to rebook their cancelled flights.
The Transportation Department announced last week that it was withholding the funding until New York revokes the driver's licenses and permits after the state failed a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration audit last year.
There is a new recruitment effort targeting younger applicants, more specifically, video gamers.